Apple has issued new security updates for El Capitan and Yosemite, as well as its Safari browser, fixing the same serious security vulnerability discovered in its iOS software last week. As with the urgent iOS 9.3.5 update, Mac owners should grab today's OS X updates as soon as possible, fixing problems that could otherwise give malicious software access to your device's kernel.
Release notes for the patches point to problems with validation and memory corruption with the OS X versions, while the new Safari — version 9.1.3 — stops websites from running the malware in the first place. Ahmed Mansoor, a human rights researcher from the United Arab Emirates, was the first to face an attack using the exploit last month. Mansoor was sent an...
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